I made a PCB centered in the coordinates origin, because it makes life easier. Now I want to export the layers into a PDF so other people can have a look easily. Because the PCB is centered in (0,0), I only see the bottom right corner of the PCB when I export to PDF. How can I fix this? (I know one option is to drag the PCB to the center of the drawing sheet, but I would like another more elegant solution, if it exists.)
This is not implemented in KiCad. It’s one of the (historical) idiosyncrasies.
The easiest workaround is what you already described: Move the PCB, then make your PDF and revert to the previous version.
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The other option is to use the Drill / Place File origin for your coordinate system. Even the grid origin can be moved, but my personal preference is to incorporate (127,127) as a prominent coordinate on the PCB (for example pin 1 of a THT connector). That way both metric grids and the banana units can be used in your project.
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